Highland Bowl 
Aspen Highlands, Colorado
By Alistair Wearmouth
& Peter Oliver
"Despite the international glamour, Aspen's extreme scene has retained its raw edges and gnarly tucks. All the mountains, with the exception of Buttermilk, offer plenty of double-black gauntlets, such as the Dumps on Aspen Mountain or the Hanging Valley Glades on Snowmass. However, Aspen Highlands is where the local crowd migrates; there they'll be intent on figuring the best line to take Highland Bowl.
If you time it right, you may be able to hitch a ride with the ski patrol to the first access gate; otherwise, it's a 20-minute hike from the Loge Peak chair's drop-off. Only recently opened to skiing and boarding, the wide bowl has become an instant classic. Why? More than a dozen chutes exceed 40 degrees, with a vertical drop of more than 1,500 feet and a big-mountain, heeby-jeeby-inducing exposure unmatched anywhere in the Colorado Rockies. Now, that's entertainment."
